Jed and Mao
Wearing the now infamous pink hat that he sports more often than I do...

Training in QHD
Ray, me and Erin walking in a hamster-wheel of newspaper, doing team building

More Team Building
I was trying to direct Jed to throw rolls of TP at our fierce opponents. Alas.

August 2005
After our 1 day in Beijing, we had 2 weeks of training in Qinghuandao, then NIT


Me:giving directions + Jed: following directions = not a winning combination

Orefu!
Never heard of it? Come on, it's famous in China! Almost the real thing!

Karaoke
Team NIT, singing, once again, My heart will go on, word we were singing: FAR

HA!
At the East China Sea, Jed and me imitating the statue above us. Hold on!

And Again
Just for fun. Jed looks like such a little kid, and I, pff, there are no words.

First Night Banquet
Our first day in Nanchang, Banquet in our honor, the food was....Interesting?

Team and Important Men
Yep, that's us. Post-dinner wrap-up. Followed by disco and karaoke, Yeehaw!

Me, Teaching!
Yeah, you thought I was just kidding, but look, here's proof! Class 3, 8 am.

Just Strolling
We're encouraged to walk the aisles to make sure students are participating.

Not Exciting, I Know
But hey, it's not like I have a vast plethora of great teaching pictures of me.

Never Before Seen!
Looks just like an American college classroom, nicht wahr? Insulation, schmation

Mexican Night at Blue Sky
The other CTF team in our city had us over for Mexican--our first since the US.

Eating Roti
Crepes with chopped up bananas, chocolate sauce and condensed milk. Scrumptious!

Want Some?
Yes, it was that good....good enough to share with a good friend.

Cheesy Wave
Riding in the back of a big truck-like car, there was no more room to sit in it.

Singing with Andy
As we drove through the streets of Chiang Mai, we couldn't help but sing loudly.

After climbing the Great Wall
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At an Opening Ceremony
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We're an odd bunch....
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Watermelon eating contest
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On a field trip to another skool
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We had a water war that day...
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Christmas Kung Fu Picture
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On the excercise equipment
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Practicing our sweet dance
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Oops, he sweat his pants
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YMCA in Shanghai
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In Shanghai
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God telling Jonah to go YONDER
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Jonah being swallowed by fish
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Fish spitting Jonah to Ninevah
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Worm eating shady tree
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Jonah preaching the word
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St. Patrick's Day
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And we're all in green
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Lolligaggin in the foliage
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On the excercise equipment
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Doing our thing
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We made that girl be in our pic
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Cheering at a B-ball game
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Under the green umbrella
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Not pointing at the same thing
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In front of a green building
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Walking to the restaurant
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Erin's impersonation
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Pure adoration
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I mean, wouldn't you?
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Our own interpretation
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Becky eating a plate of my head
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Team NIT and our green dinner
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Fresh Fields of green tea plants
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And a green tea harvester
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Our hike through LuShan
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Strutting his manly accessories
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Train through the mountain
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Just chillin
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Shade!
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Just pay it already, OK?
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Pointing to the precipice
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Erni and her Gollum pose
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Really? Is that a word?
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Our hike up the steps
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Thank you, excessive "The"
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The mountain-side WC
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Don't lure me with your gimmick!
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They mean "strategic"
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The hike downhill for a bit
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Fresh mountain air.....ahhhhh
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Bamboo chairs for carrying
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This cracked us up for a while..
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"Napping huts" by the path
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You can take a rest from hiking
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We didn't, however
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Part of the mountain
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That's where we're headed
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Rabbit food
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Yeah. We're pretty sexy.
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Trying to carry her Heaviness
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Another napping hut
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SO many stairs!
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Nearing the waterfall....
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All that climbing for this?!?!
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Token pagoda
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To compensate for the waterfall
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We hiked for 2 hours....
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...to see this! Gimme a break!
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Well, there it is.
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At least the pagoda's cool
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Chinese tourism....I tell ya!
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Let's behold the rock.
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Pagoda roof
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Insert finger in facial orifice
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No way! Cool guard guy!
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Welcome to his transcendentism
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Cheesy swan row boats
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It's a paddle fight
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Who knows?
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Pondering virtue ethics....
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Looky yonder!
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Tight-rope trapeze artists
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Waterfall from another place
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Scouting for predators
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Our climb uphill again...
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Dude, Jed! You're a bit sweaty!
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Yummy roadside treats
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Tethered horse
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"Tai lei le!" How tired we are..
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Little market selling green tea!
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Last day of teaching....
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Saying goodbye to Class 2
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Saying Goodbye to Class 3
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So hard to leave those faces!
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Some Class 3 favorites...
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These girls (and guy) ROCK!
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Saying goodbye to Class 4
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Order! Order in my classroom!
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Finishing up a happy semester...
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Can you spot the foreigner?
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Last pics with their teacher...
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Parting is such sweet sorrow
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Doing our hand symbol...
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Me and the Class 4 guys...
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Yay friends forever
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I'm gonna miss this....
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Little neighbor boy and my hat
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Too cute!
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He's just a little fella...
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Our downstairs neighbor lady
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At a breakdancing studio!
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My "brother" Jack invited me
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Jack, on the left
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This move is called "popping"
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Lynne, Laura, and Vicki
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Bowling Alley-completely empty!
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Charles' and my pitiful scores
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My cold, kung-fu grip
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Note the awful "chinese" shirt..
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NOT a flattering stance....
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Check out those muscles!!!
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My date for the evening, Charles
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He was a much better bowler
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And won both games
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Hmmm....so juvenile
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Eggplant in a bucket-our dinner
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Outside the theater at walmart
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You bet we had fun!
Charles labelled the evening "our infamous damn-the-man date". I agree. We did.

Ew! Doggy slobber!
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Elizabeth, and her artwork
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Saying goodbye to Class 1
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How sad! I love them all.....
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Sniff...oh man, it's too much!
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Dear, sweet Charlotte
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Elizabeth, the artist
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David, what a guy!
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Rachel, voted most improved
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Jimmy, from shy to WHAM!
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Mandy, always a fave
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My stude Owen, Class 4
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Hangin out in the dorm room
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Leeco, and his friends
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One of the roommates
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Supposed to be a heart...
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Who wants more bacon?
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Friend Leeco and I
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What a face he's making!
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Saw this in the underground...
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Washing dishes by the spigot
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So odd...and yet, so normal now
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Dubious!
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Mhmm....lamb kebabs!
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Stuffing the cakehole
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Erni and I on a very sunny day
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Doing our "mock sexy" pose
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Street sweepers
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Who knew a helmet was needed?
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With Julia and Jane
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On our way to KARAOKE!!!
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On the bus with Annie
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Dancing, on the table, shoo!
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Our last girls' night out...sad
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I don't even like beer....
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Class 2 girls cooking lunch!
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The day we hung out for 12 hrs..
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Those were some good eats!
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At the fountain by the river
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"Children's Square", it's dubbed
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Dancing with Sarah
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Kung Fu-ing with Sophie
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Michelle, my CRAZY friend
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Yay Diane!
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Piggy-back ride from the teacher
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Jenny, a very good friend
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The river is right behind me
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View of the city of Nanchang
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The fountains are starting up!
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Accompanied by classical music
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Me and my girls! What a day!
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Last night in Nanchang ritual...
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Throwing our old toothbrushes,
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And our two dead turtles,
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And toilet brush out the window!
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Last night up: the guys and I
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My studes who came to see us off
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On the 18-hour train to Beijing
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Little girl lookin at my turtles
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Erni and I on cramped top bunk
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Finally in Beijing before leavin
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No way! Found a German bakery!
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Authentic, REAL bread! YES!!!
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What's that down yonder?
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Could it be a xiu-xi (nap)?
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It is! Workmen taking a break
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And this dude...on cinderblocks!
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They're scarier in real life
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A little chinese rickshaw
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In front of some writing
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My shirt says, "Bravery Heart"
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My friend Brae
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Wanted to take pics of me
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And didn't have her camera
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So she used mine
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And said it looked artistic
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Cute little girl against a wall
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Chinese kindergartners at lunch
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Outside! At cute little tables!
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With red ribbons in their hair
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Ah, public transportation!
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Just a street
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Vendor reading his own books
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Car wash, Beijing-style
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First Jaguar sighting in China
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Scoop me up some dead fish!
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Another guy taking a xiu-xi
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He'll never know what hit him
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Sweet chinese restaurant
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Cute old couple holding hands
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The first friendly dog in China
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Look at that face!
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Made me miss my dog back home
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Interesting correlation, if any
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We're really mocking Jed
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My friend Susie and I
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Eating a last dish of eggplant
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At the debriefing seminars
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Alexis, in our Chinese hats
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At the Beijing Airport, June 27!
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In the airplane bathroom
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Our last time brushing teeth!
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So sad...all things must end
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Brushing each other's teeth
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Too cool for school anymore
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Cuz we gangsta!
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Drat these tiny airplane banyos!
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Spitting, woohoo
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On China Eastern Airlines
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Our last team pic, in LAX, USA!
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Kitty tethered to a door
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And its snack
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Eat the fishy!
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5 minutes later...
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Another kitten tied to a door
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The poor thing!
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At the porcelain museum
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Entrance to JingdeJin
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Cool bridge
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Part of the outdoor museum
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The woods secretly burn!
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Got my list of errands to do....
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Our daytrip 4 hours away
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Cool round door
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"More cowbell!"
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Entrance to part of the museum
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Huge porcelain plate!
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Chinese lanterns in courtyard
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This one's especially ornate
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Like a hanging pumpkin
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Items at the museum gift shop
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Pottery yet to be finished
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A craftsman at his trade
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Everything here is handmade
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I just liked the colors
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Painting pottery
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It's very precise
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Sweet details
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Rows of pictures
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Pondside pagoda
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The peril is lurking!!! Beware!
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Our friend Jan came with us
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I love those colors and designs!
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Jan and I out of the rain
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Some porcelain wall art
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And another one
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Handcrafted! No way!
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So much for "Red China"
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Close-up of the pagoda
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Vase-shaped door
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Shelter from the pouring rain
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Some sweet VAYses
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Outdoor worksites
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Porcelain table and chairs!
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Making bowls by the dozens
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At the pottery wheel
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But first, wipe feet on doormat
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I got to make some pottery!
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Yay, manual labor!
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He showed us how to do it right
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All by myself! I'm a big girl!
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More parts of the exhibit
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A marriage of color and style
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Another craftsman
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Hard at work
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That's gotta be heavy!
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Daughter gets to watch
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Almost looks like art in itself
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Cuz "Kick" is too long a word
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The empty box of muddy eggs
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My studes cleaning the eggs
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Rinsing them in the sink
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Oooh, so sparkly and bright
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The new, cleaned eggs
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In a bag for them to take home
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Anna and Alisha
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So good, and yet, so yolky
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Anna and I, just goofin off
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So much fun to be had with eggs
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My stude Mike and friend's baby
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Split-bottom pants!!!
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Mike's gf holding baby
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Poke baby, see baby tinkle!!!
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Going to a hair salon
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Getting our hair washed
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Only curly-haired person there
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I should spike it every day
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Lending moral support
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After washing, before styling
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Erin getting styled up
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They wanted to watch
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Erin giving styling tips
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I get bored with this stuff
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Blow-drying....eeesh!
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Hmmm, not very me
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Erin's hair stylist and I
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All the salon workers
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Some weird food on a stick
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Students giving presentations
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The girls' posters
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The guys' posters
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Office hours after classes
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Some of my Class 3 studes
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Some smile, some don't
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Heidi, Audrey, McKenzie
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Annie, Annette, Shirley
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Peter and Jake
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McKenzie
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Annie is a sweetheart
CIMG2002.JPG 2006-06-07

Ray, Jenny, Erin and I
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Erin, me, and our friend Jan
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Chinese don't do odd poses
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Some Class 1 studes and posters
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More finals - Class 4
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And the pictures begin.....
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C
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My automan doing pushups
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Julia and Stella
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Lotta love for Automan
CIMG2109.JPG 2006-06-09

He's just all too cuddly!
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Feeding him beef stew....
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Teaching him to read the Word
CIMG2110.JPG 2006-06-09

Dance Party in July
The others wanted the AC on, but I get too cold, hence the winter accessories.

Erin, Jed, and me on the bus
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Some guy's butt in my view
CIMG2122.JPG 2006-06-10

At the Brazilian BBQ
CIMG2124.JPG 2006-06-10

Live Entertainment
CIMG2126.JPG 2006-06-10

The lovers sharing food, again
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Stuffing our cakeholes
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Birdseyeview=besteyeview
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Erin and me singing at dinner!
CIMG2131.JPG 2006-06-10

She sang, I played instruments
CIMG2134.JPG 2006-06-10

Our guys brought us flowers!
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Some sweet ice-cream dessert
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Jed. He loves the pink hat.
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In the back of a taxi
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3 cheers for no personal space
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On the bus one day
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Hanging on for dear life
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Charles and me and green tea
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View out the front of the bus
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Um. I dunno. Just cuz, I guess.
CIMG2145.JPG 2006-06-11

Our be-sandaled feet.
CIMG2147.JPG 2006-06-11

Workers cleaning a building
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As they watch foreigners pass by
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Little boy cleaning the street
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Too cute to be doing chores
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Some "fashion girls"
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Erin and me and Pikachu ride
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Poor guy next to us....
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A sink and toilet store!
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Having a squat.....
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This was too fun.....
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ALWAYS wash your hands!
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Ray looking in a girlie store
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Some women doing excercises
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It was like 6 am
CIMG2165.JPG 2006-06-12

Woman staring at a tree trunk
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Jed made it to the top...phew!
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Ideal? As a car name? Come on!
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Outdoor ma zhong players
CIMG2172.JPG 2006-06-12

Our trip to LuShan begins...
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What could this be?
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You gotta be kidding me!!!
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Absolutely amazing!
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Pigeon mid-flight
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Outdoor fruit and veggie market
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Big part brothel
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Wow....sounds appetizing!
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Yum, weather-flavored beverages
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Pagoda on the lake
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Bridge and its mirror
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The chair where Mao sat, maybe
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Pagoda again
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Sweet mirror image!
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So do our part, us everybody!
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Yes, Let's! Oh we shall, always!
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Mom and baby staring.....
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Too...heavy....for....swing
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Trying to figure it out
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"I'm a little teapot...."
CIMG2195.JPG 2006-06-12

The zigzag bridge of....death!
CIMG2202.JPG 2006-06-12

Crossing bridge to island
CIMG2203.JPG 2006-06-12

Thanks, Jed!
CIMG2204.JPG 2006-06-12

Watch out for falling people
CIMG2208.JPG 2006-06-12

Like a rubber band
CIMG2206.JPG 2006-06-12

Lu Shan - Green Mountain
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More of the green mountain
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Totally impressed
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Sweet view, I guess
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Crossing the line, as always
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Not just any mountain...
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...it's famous in all China
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The far-off town
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Looks like we were pretty high
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According to height, pah!
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Guess I missed the memo...
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Yay team spirit, the joy
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More rolling hills
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Remarried at the love fence...
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Dancing in a stone pagoda
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The waltz! Que romantica!
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Dodge, dip, dive, duck and dodge
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Ray ruining "our moment"
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Entrance to some cave
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And a dragon, and a bell
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And some incense
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And some people staring at us
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A mountain-side shrine
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A turtle-dragon column-holder
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Oh, the details
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Sweet stuff
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Cool dragon bell
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The cave entrance
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Another Mao photo shoot spot
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Happy campers
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Entering the round stone door
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Look fake to you>?
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And the geniality knows best!
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Overlooking a valley
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The mountain side
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Yay mountains in China
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Those are our guys!
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We put the cheese in queso
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Still waltzing...
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A low bridge
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And the fated precipice!
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A tree? And a cliff?
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Pretty sweet view
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Erin and her fake smokes
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In Mao's chair....ugh!
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Some rocks below
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Looking out across the lake
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Mac and cheese in a baggie!
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Weirdly lit woods
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Outside a convenience store
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Eating at a professor's house
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Cutest little old couple
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This lady's a hoot and a holla
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Lao peng you (old friend)
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Their room is where they live
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Yay whole, small fishlings!
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Washing each other's feet
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Part of serving one another
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Keep going, guys
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Haha, Jed's very ticklish!
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Washing the captain's feet
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Laura and I on the train
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Passing scenery
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In my hat and glasses
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Laura's parents and principal
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In her family's truck
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All 4 of us in the front seat
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At her former high school
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Look at those piles of books!
And these are just little high school students. They have to study a lot.

Principal, Laura, teacher, &dad
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In front of the classrooms
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Laura and her brother (di di)
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A toast
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Ganbei! (cheers!)
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Drops it like it's hot
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Red bull and duck head
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Oooh, duck beak!
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It's crunch time
CIMG1411.JPG 2006-05-15

Advertising for a hair salon
I put my hat on one of the mannequin's heads. The whole lot is kinda freaky.

Donkey-drawn carriage
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In front of the caves
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What a weird cave entrance
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Or is it?
CIMG1423.JPG 2006-05-15

In China, "hole" = cave...hmm
If you have a bit of a dirty mind, you will find this entrance sign hilarious!

Whole family crouching in cave
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How do they confuse "L" and "F"?
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Some dragon stone thing
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High five
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Trapeze artists
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Smooth moves, ex-lax
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Mountain goats
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Yes, even grown women
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Old and young
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My kinda wheels
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Girl doing hw in restaurant
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Grownups excercising in park
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That shirt belongs to a MAN!
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Xiao peng you (little friend)
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Smile like you're an only child
CIMG1470.JPG 2006-05-15

A pigeon roost
CIMG1472.JPG 2006-05-15

Sweet flight-action shot
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Sunset
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The town square obelisk
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Water drawing on pavement
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Double-tandem=Quaddem??
CIMG1484.JPG 2006-05-15

Some new friends
CIMG1496.JPG 2006-05-16

Public night dancing downtown
CIMG1488.JPG 2006-05-15

My lesson on Am. weddings!
CIMG1498.JPG 2006-05-19

My studes got to perform outside
CIMG1499.JPG 2006-05-19

Bride's side of the aisle
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Waiting expectantly
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Groom waiting at the front
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Best Man walking bride's mom
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Bride's dad walking bride
CIMG1504.JPG 2006-05-19

Dad lifting bride's veil
CIMG1505.JPG 2006-05-19

"Dearly Beloved..."
I was the minister, so I got to tell my studes what lines to say.

Ring exchange
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Throwing rice at the new couple
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Rather shy after the ceremony
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But managed to smile anyway
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Picking the new bride
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David, not so camera shy
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Preparing for the new ceremony
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The new bride and father
CIMG1514.JPG 2006-05-19

Walking mom down the aisle
CIMG1515.JPG 2006-05-19

The whole party
CIMG1516.JPG 2006-05-19

Do you have the rings?
CIMG1517.JPG 2006-05-19

Rings? What rings?
CIMG1518.JPG 2006-05-19

Oh, these rings...yes
CIMG1519.JPG 2006-05-19

A little bit of wedding mayhem
CIMG1520.JPG 2006-05-19

The oh-so-happy couple
CIMG1521.JPG 2006-05-19

Yelling out the HW assignment
CIMG1522.JPG 2006-05-19

Class dismissed!
CIMG1523.JPG 2006-05-19

The studes who participated
CIMG1524.JPG 2006-05-19

Judy, Candy, Hannah, Becky (C1)
CIMG1525.JPG 2006-05-19

Julia and Sally
CIMG1526.JPG 2006-05-19

Half of another dorm room
CIMG1527.JPG 2006-05-19

One dorm room (yes, 8 of them)
CIMG1528.JPG 2006-05-19

Class 1: 6 guys, 60 girls!
CIMG1529.JPG 2006-05-19

Erin, sweeping our entry stairs
CIMG1531.JPG 2006-05-19

Me gathering the floor trash
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We call her Yelly Neighbor Lady
CIMG1534.JPG 2006-05-19

Guy at the corner grocery shop
CIMG1535.JPG 2006-05-19

Erin pretending to smoke
CIMG1537.JPG 2006-05-19

Boiled tea eggs!
CIMG1538.JPG 2006-05-19

Dinner in the kids' bathtub
CIMG1539.JPG 2006-05-19

Erin and cute little kid
CIMG1540.JPG 2006-05-19

Erin posing with the hot wheels
CIMG1541.JPG 2006-05-19

Chinese girl grabbing my butt
CIMG1542.JPG 2006-05-19

Haha! Look at the guys!
CIMG1543.JPG 2006-05-19

Some art put up on the campus
CIMG1544.JPG 2006-05-19

Cover thine eyes, boys!
CIMG1546.JPG 2006-05-19

Frog swimming in moat
CIMG1557.JPG 2006-05-19

Here begins our crazy campus pix
CIMG1556.JPG 2006-05-19

We went around being silly
CIMG1558.JPG 2006-05-19

Lounging in the sun on a rock
CIMG1560.JPG 2006-05-19

Much like an iguana
CIMG1561.JPG 2006-05-19

Looking through a waterwheel
CIMG1562.JPG 2006-05-19

I've done better
CIMG1563.JPG 2006-05-19

Yay, friends on a hot day
CIMG1564.JPG 2006-05-19

Peeking out from shrubberies
CIMG1565.JPG 2006-05-19

Mhm....stalky greens!
CIMG1566.JPG 2006-05-19

Taking a dump...or am I?
CIMG1567.JPG 2006-05-19

How fast can this thing go?
CIMG1568.JPG 2006-05-19

Whee! Crazy lady drivers!
CIMG1569.JPG 2006-05-19

I call her Erni, instead of Erin
CIMG1572.JPG 2006-05-19

She calls me, well, odd
CIMG1573.JPG 2006-05-19

Our soccerball trash cans
CIMG1570.JPG 2006-05-19

And upheaving that fish eye...
CIMG1571.JPG 2006-05-19

The campus model plane. And Erin
CIMG1574.JPG 2006-05-19

To infinity and beyond
CIMG1576.JPG 2006-05-19

Taking time to sniff the poppies
CIMG1577.JPG 2006-05-19

Twins! All bundled up in May
CIMG1579.JPG 2006-05-19

Chinese pose on toadstool
CIMG1583.JPG 2006-05-19

Fake toadstool campus decoration
CIMG1584.JPG 2006-05-19

Wondering what the sign reads
CIMG1580.JPG 2006-05-19

"Please not to smoke the lawn"
CIMG1581.JPG 2006-05-19

Singing, without the rain
CIMG1586.JPG 2006-05-19

Inspired by the giant cactus
CIMG1585.JPG 2006-05-19

Bedding out to dry on bushes
CIMG1589.JPG 2006-05-19

So we made ourselves comfy
CIMG1587.JPG 2006-05-19

Very comfy, and warm, phew!
CIMG1588.JPG 2006-05-19

Fanning with an old palm branch
CIMG1592.JPG 2006-05-19

Victory over this small mound!
CIMG1590.JPG 2006-05-19

Battle cry of harvest and grain
CIMG1591.JPG 2006-05-19

By our gate's coal dump
CIMG1597.JPG 2006-05-19

Working hard by the guard booth
CIMG1598.JPG 2006-05-19

Flower gets double-nose action
CIMG1594.JPG 2006-05-19

We found this stuff at the marke
CIMG1604.JPG 2006-05-19

And helped ourselves to some fun
CIMG1607.JPG 2006-05-19

Shoes, and a brassiere!
CIMG1596.JPG 2006-05-19

My studes Sarah and Abby
CIMG1600.JPG 2006-05-19

Abby always looks that cool
CIMG1602.JPG 2006-05-19

Cool shirt..I see the connection
CIMG1599.JPG 2006-05-19

Outdoor food vendor..yummy!
CIMG1610.JPG 2006-05-19

Me, in my supergreen outfit
CIMG1611.JPG 2006-05-20

Chinese construction work
CIMG1614.JPG 2006-05-20

Holy mother of scaffolding!
CIMG1615.JPG 2006-05-20

Happy Anniversary!
CIMG1618.JPG 2006-05-20

To my parents! Rab and Sandy!
CIMG1619.JPG 2006-05-20

Our team's best wishes...
CIMG1621.JPG 2006-05-20

And a kiss from Jed, to my mom!
CIMG1622.JPG 2006-05-20

Making fish faces with fish
CIMG1623.JPG 2006-05-20

Team NIT at the restaurant
CIMG1620.JPG 2006-05-20

On the crowded bus home
CIMG1625.JPG 2006-05-20

Thanks, Ray, that's special
CIMG1626.JPG 2006-05-20

So much better with protection!
CIMG1624.JPG 2006-05-20

Grownups on MerryGoRound
CIMG1628.JPG 2006-05-21

Two old Chinese guys
CIMG1631.JPG 2006-05-21

Playing cards in the park
CIMG1632.JPG 2006-05-21

Singing, and instruments
CIMG1635.JPG 2006-05-21

Fighting like true polar bears
CIMG1630.JPG 2006-05-21

Sleeping in the park
CIMG1638.JPG 2006-05-21

Taking care of business....haha
CIMG1639.JPG 2006-05-21

Gotta do what you gotta do.
CIMG1640.JPG 2006-05-21

My studes at the outdoor market
CIMG1650.JPG 2006-05-26

Wendy, Charlotte, Mandy
CIMG1651.JPG 2006-05-26

Eating Chinese oatmeal/pudding
CIMG1653.JPG 2006-05-26

Putting on our attitude faces
CIMG1654.JPG 2006-05-26

And then our other faces
CIMG1655.JPG 2006-05-26

Mhmm....stewing snails!
CIMG1665.JPG 2006-05-26

When in rome..eat a snail a day!
CIMG1667.JPG 2006-05-26

Going out to a disco!
CIMG1641.JPG 2006-05-22

A speech competition at school
CIMG1664.JPG 2006-05-26

All in chinese, so pretty boring
CIMG1663.JPG 2006-05-26

The MC's of the competition
CIMG1778.JPG 2006-06-02

My stude, Mandy
CIMG1781.JPG 2006-06-02

And a staunch competitor
CIMG1784.JPG 2006-06-02

Mandy got 2nd prize!!!!
CIMG1786.JPG 2006-06-02

Dumb skirt
CIMG1668.JPG 2006-05-27

WAAAY too big
CIMG1670.JPG 2006-05-27

So I took a lighter to it
CIMG1671.JPG 2006-05-27

And voila!
CIMG1672.JPG 2006-05-27

And another fire lit
CIMG1673.JPG 2006-05-27

Yes! It's working!
CIMG1674.JPG 2006-05-27

Oh, it's really burning now
CIMG1675.JPG 2006-05-27

Burn, baby, burn!!!!
CIMG1676.JPG 2006-05-27

"I have created fire!"
CIMG1678.JPG 2006-05-27

That's right. Pure kindling.
CIMG1677.JPG 2006-05-27

Fanning the flames of my anger
CIMG1679.JPG 2006-05-27

The skirt was a slap in the face
CIMG1680.JPG 2006-05-27

What now?
CIMG1681.JPG 2006-05-27

I've got an idea!
CIMG1683.JPG 2006-05-27

Roasting a cuke over the embers
CIMG1684.JPG 2006-05-27

Mid-day snack
CIMG1685.JPG 2006-05-27

Cleaning up the mess
CIMG1686.JPG 2006-05-27

Ashes to ashes...good riddance!
CIMG1687.JPG 2006-05-27

Becky took her final early
CIMG1692.JPG 2006-05-27

And so did Carrie
CIMG1689.JPG 2006-05-27

So proud of my stude!
CIMG1696.JPG 2006-05-27

And this one, too!
CIMG1697.JPG 2006-05-27

In front of the ferris wheel
CIMG1703.JPG 2006-05-28

Happy Birthday, Lauren!
CIMG1704.JPG 2006-05-28

This one's for my lil sis!
CIMG1706.JPG 2006-05-28

So says my man the disco ball
CIMG1719.JPG 2006-05-28

I'm blurry; ferris wheel is cool
CIMG1715.JPG 2006-05-28

Party like it's 1977!
CIMG1727.JPG 2006-05-28

Blue Sky teachers and I
CIMG1728.JPG 2006-05-28

Um....who knows.......
CIMG1729.JPG 2006-05-28

Automan and the ferris wheel
CIMG1702.JPG 2006-05-28

Sweet!
CIMG1701.JPG 2006-05-28

School gave us black eggs
CIMG1698.JPG 2006-05-28

Wrapped in mud and plastic
CIMG1699.JPG 2006-05-28

Jed and Mr. Hu...dance-fighting?
CIMG1750.JPG 2006-05-29

Friend Leeco gave me flowers!
CIMG1751.JPG 2006-05-29

Friend Brian's birthday
CIMG1761.JPG 2006-05-30

Cutting his cake
CIMG1762.JPG 2006-05-30

Covered in frosting
CIMG1765.JPG 2006-05-30

All is yet peaceful....
CIMG1767.JPG 2006-05-30

A once and future king
CIMG1771.JPG 2006-05-30

Really enjoying our slices
CIMG1768.JPG 2006-05-30

And the frosting-fight begins...
CIMG1772.JPG 2006-05-30

Class 2 student Anna
CIMG1777.JPG 2006-05-31

Alisha, Jenny, me, Anna
CIMG1774.JPG 2006-05-31

My girls from Class 2 + Erni
CIMG1775.JPG 2006-05-31

Going travelling for 9 days!
With one of my studes, Candy

On the van-bus to Liu Yang
CIMG0727.JPG 2006-04-29

Mhmm...produce
CIMG0722.JPG 2006-04-29

Person sleeping in restaurant
CIMG0731.JPG 2006-04-29

Candy, her cousin, and I
CIMG0729.JPG 2006-04-29

Our "western" dishes
CIMG0733.JPG 2006-04-29

A big yellow fruit
CIMG0735.JPG 2006-04-29

Glow-in-the-dark rings
CIMG0737.JPG 2006-04-29

Guess what this is
CIMG0738.JPG 2006-04-30

You can see right into...
CIMG0739.JPG 2006-04-30

The dentist's chair!
Note to all westerners based on these pics: save ALL your dental work for the US

A parade of women!
CIMG0743.JPG 2006-04-30

Visiting my stude Kelly
CIMG0744.JPG 2006-04-30

The fam
CIMG0745.JPG 2006-04-30

Her artwork in her room
CIMG0747.JPG 2006-04-30

So happy
CIMG0749.JPG 2006-04-30

Mom made us delicious lunch
CIMG0750.JPG 2006-04-30


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A pagoda
CIMG0755.JPG 2006-04-30

Ah, the signs
CIMG0756.JPG 2006-04-30

Walking up to the pagoda
CIMG0757.JPG 2006-04-30

What's that down yonder street?
CIMG0765.JPG 2006-04-30

What a load of...trash!
CIMG0766.JPG 2006-04-30

View of Liu Yang from the pagoda
CIMG0763.JPG 2006-04-30

Kids playing in an air-castle
CIMG0770.JPG 2006-04-30

Town square
CIMG0771.JPG 2006-04-30


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Ceiling decor
CIMG0768.JPG 2006-04-30

Sweet lantern
CIMG0776.JPG 2006-04-30

I ride in style
CIMG0778.JPG 2006-04-30

Column with traditional writing
CIMG0780.JPG 2006-04-30


CIMG0782.JPG 2006-04-30

Rub for good luck!
CIMG0787.JPG 2006-04-30

More ceiling artwork
CIMG0784.JPG 2006-04-30

Cute little girl
CIMG0794.JPG 2006-04-30

These girls wanted a pic with me
CIMG0797.JPG 2006-04-30

Too cute
CIMG0801.JPG 2006-04-30

Not so shy anymore
CIMG0800.JPG 2006-04-30

They wanted to do this....
CIMG0802.JPG 2006-04-30

Girls jumping rope on sidewalk
CIMG0803.JPG 2006-04-30

Action shot
CIMG0805.JPG 2006-04-30

Classic reaction to foreigners
CIMG0806.JPG 2006-04-30

Fireworks factory!
Yep, we spent the night with my stude's cousin in her fireworks factory.

On the bus-van to her home
CIMG0810.JPG 2006-04-30

Our view from the back
CIMG0811.JPG 2006-04-30

Passing fields
CIMG0812.JPG 2006-04-30

My stude's house (livingroom)
CIMG0813.JPG 2006-04-30

Diningroom table and chairs
Mom's in the kitchen cooking dinner

View of living/dining room
CIMG0815.JPG 2006-04-30

Mom cooking up a storm
CIMG0816.JPG 2006-04-30

The kitchen
CIMG0817.JPG 2006-04-30

Chopping the fresh food
CIMG0818.JPG 2006-04-30

Dad out back, de-feathering
CIMG0819.JPG 2006-04-30

Chicken for dinner tonight!
CIMG0820.JPG 2006-04-30

Ain't she a beauty?
CIMG0822.JPG 2006-04-30

Another one bit the dust
CIMG0824.JPG 2006-04-30

The family bathroom
CIMG0826.JPG 2006-04-30

The back of their house
CIMG0827.JPG 2006-04-30

Fields for frolicking
CIMG0830.JPG 2006-04-30

Woman washing clothes
CIMG0834.JPG 2006-04-30

Rice fields!
CIMG0837.JPG 2006-04-30

2 geese a-waddling
CIMG0835.JPG 2006-04-30

Countryside houses
CIMG0839.JPG 2006-04-30

Close-up
CIMG0838.JPG 2006-04-30

Very young biker dude
That whole family will get on that bike to go home.

Chair peddler
CIMG0842.JPG 2006-04-30

Candy's cousin getting ride home
CIMG0840.JPG 2006-04-30

THe front of Candy's fam's house
CIMG0849.JPG 2006-04-30

Her dad sells car parts
CIMG0850.JPG 2006-04-30

Me, chopping up CANINE!
CIMG0852.JPG 2006-04-30

Family dinner (including dog)
CIMG0851.JPG 2006-04-30

Neighbor girls came for a visit
CIMG0854.JPG 2006-04-30

All the girls!
CIMG0855.JPG 2006-04-30

Mom blowdrying my pants
CIMG0856.JPG 2006-04-30

Fishing houseboats
CIMG0858.JPG 2006-05-01

Truckload of pigs (ji rou)
CIMG0868.JPG 2006-05-01

Chinese wedding parade
CIMG0864.JPG 2006-05-01

Candy, her cousin, and I
In the back of a truck into the countryside for 2 hours along bumpy dirt roads.

REAL Chinese countryside
CIMG0873.JPG 2006-05-01

Miles away from a paved road
CIMG0874.JPG 2006-05-01


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Me, in front of a tobacco field
CIMG0879.JPG 2006-05-01


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Grandpa playing cards
CIMG0885.JPG 2006-05-01

Humble living room furnishings
CIMG0887.JPG 2006-05-01

Rural chinese kitchen
CIMG0886.JPG 2006-05-01

Goats, right off the kitchen
CIMG0891.JPG 2006-05-01


CIMG0884.JPG 2006-05-01

Farming women
They couldn't stop staring. I think I was the first foreigner they had ever seen


CIMG0901.JPG 2006-05-01

On the path back to our truck
CIMG0899.JPG 2006-05-01

Hasn't changed in 100 years
CIMG0907.JPG 2006-05-01

Houses, roads, still the same
CIMG0909.JPG 2006-05-01


CIMG0911.JPG 2006-05-01

Another woman washing clothes
CIMG0912.JPG 2006-05-01


CIMG0916.JPG 2006-05-01

I love the reflection
CIMG0917.JPG 2006-05-01


CIMG0922.JPG 2006-05-01

Neighbor lady scratching butt
CIMG0920.JPG 2006-05-01

More rice fields
CIMG0926.JPG 2006-05-01


CIMG0925.JPG 2006-05-01

Lookin like a chinese farmer
CIMG0927.JPG 2006-05-01

Ancient weighing system
Candy's Grandparents and neighbors really got a kick out of seeing me do this.

Other Grandparents' kitchen
CIMG0935.JPG 2006-05-01

Grandma serving green tea
CIMG0933.JPG 2006-05-01

More yoked baskets
CIMG0928.JPG 2006-05-01

Two uncles wanted to pose
CIMG0930.JPG 2006-05-01

In their kitchen
I ran around the house checking it all out, the family thought my excitement odd

The sink
Yes, a barrel, and a gourded ladle

The stove
CIMG0936.JPG 2006-05-01

Outside the house
CIMG0940.JPG 2006-05-01


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Fishermen along the river
CIMG0951.JPG 2006-05-01

Me and Grandma before I left
CIMG0959.JPG 2006-05-01

What are they all doing?
CIMG0962.JPG 2006-05-02

On the hot overnight train
CIMG0964.JPG 2006-05-02

Smokers, and fresh food
CIMG0973.JPG 2006-05-02

We sat upright all night long
CIMG0975.JPG 2006-05-02

This is at about 4 am.....
CIMG0976.JPG 2006-05-02

Yes, they stood the whole way
This is how packed trains are in China...people standing in the aisle all night

Father and son
CIMG0980.JPG 2006-05-02

Sleeping baby on the train
CIMG0982.JPG 2006-05-03

Finally, our destination!
CIMG0984.JPG 2006-05-03

People frolicking in the water
CIMG0985.JPG 2006-05-03

What they call a "fashion girl"
CIMG0988.JPG 2006-05-03

Yay, a big fish
CIMG0983.JPG 2006-05-03


CIMG0989.JPG 2006-05-03

Under the branches lies...
CIMG0990.JPG 2006-05-03

The "elephant cave"
CIMG0991.JPG 2006-05-03

And rafts
CIMG0992.JPG 2006-05-03


CIMG0993.JPG 2006-05-03

Clear blue sky
CIMG0995.JPG 2006-05-03


CIMG0998.JPG 2006-05-03

Please, kids!
No barbecuing, and especially not snakes! How many times do we have to tell you?

We got around on motorbike!
CIMG1000.JPG 2006-05-03

We rode for 20 mins around town
CIMG1009.JPG 2006-05-03

Our destination: that hill
CIMG1008.JPG 2006-05-03

Going over the bridge
CIMG1011.JPG 2006-05-03

Under the trees
If you clench the seat with your thighs, you don't have to hang on at all!


CIMG1014.JPG 2006-05-03

There she blows
CIMG1017.JPG 2006-05-03

A buddhist temple
CIMG1019.JPG 2006-05-03


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Incense inside the temple
CIMG1021.JPG 2006-05-03

Water, water, everywhere
And not a drop to drink.

Temple pond
CIMG1026.JPG 2006-05-03

With huge goldfish!
CIMG1030.JPG 2006-05-03

Up into the caves
CIMG1024.JPG 2006-05-03


CIMG1025.JPG 2006-05-03

A place of serenity
CIMG1033.JPG 2006-05-03

Lovers
I find it cheesy, but in China many couples dress in matching outfits. Sick.

Turtle in the temple
CIMG1034.JPG 2006-05-03

He doesn't look too stoked
CIMG1043.JPG 2006-05-03

The mountain landscape of Guilin
CIMG1038.JPG 2006-05-03

So pretty
CIMG1042.JPG 2006-05-03

And tomorrow, we go there!
CIMG1039.JPG 2006-05-03

They just rise up suddenly
CIMG1040.JPG 2006-05-03

Remember, Insurance predators:
You can't force them anymore. Leave the poor tourists alone. They're people, too

At the entrance to the caves
CIMG1045.JPG 2006-05-03

That's where we came in
CIMG1046.JPG 2006-05-03

Starting our tour
CIMG1049.JPG 2006-05-03

Wow, I look kinda ghoulish
Mhmmm, which reminds me of Gulasch. I'd take that any day.

In the caves
CIMG1054.JPG 2006-05-03

Shapes
This one was called, "people at the theater". Do you see it? And where's Waldo?


CIMG1058.JPG 2006-05-03

There's not a whole lot to see
in chinese caves, so they jazz up boring rocks with wow!, colored lights!

What's all the bruhaha?
CIMG1064.JPG 2006-05-03

But mom, I like buming!
CIMG1067.JPG 2006-05-03

Park outside the caves
CIMG1074.JPG 2006-05-03

A tiger (lao hu)
CIMG1068.JPG 2006-05-03

A panda (xiong mao)
Xiong=bear, + mao=cat. bearcat. or just plain panda.

Resting on its bamboo platform
CIMG1072.JPG 2006-05-03

Oh, the neverending cheesiness
CIMG1073.JPG 2006-05-03

Peacock by a swing for pictures
CIMG1077.JPG 2006-05-03


CIMG1078.JPG 2006-05-03

A big....thing!
But everyone's so excited to get their picture taken with it. It is rather handy

A grazing camel
And a dromedar

A wall mural
CIMG1083.JPG 2006-05-03

He needed some love
CIMG1082.JPG 2006-05-03

Some new friends
CIMG1084.JPG 2006-05-03

The olympic colors
CIMG1086.JPG 2006-05-03

Bridge at sunset
CIMG1087.JPG 2006-05-03

And lanterns
CIMG1088.JPG 2006-05-03

Chinese bride and groom
CIMG1090.JPG 2006-05-03

Old woman washing clothes
CIMG1091.JPG 2006-05-03

Surrounding mountains
CIMG1092.JPG 2006-05-03

Little girl
CIMG1093.JPG 2006-05-03

Ni hao!
CIMG1094.JPG 2006-05-03

Daddy and Baby's rides home
CIMG1096.JPG 2006-05-03

Sun and moon overlapping
CIMG1097.JPG 2006-05-03

Little girl sipping tea
CIMG1098.JPG 2006-05-03

Bridge lit up at night
CIMG1100.JPG 2006-05-03

The shoreline
CIMG1099.JPG 2006-05-03


CIMG1102.JPG 2006-05-03

Outdoor vendors
CIMG1104.JPG 2006-05-03

Waterfall hotel
CIMG1108.JPG 2006-05-03

Timed to music accomaniment
CIMG1113.JPG 2006-05-03

Twin towers
CIMG1123.JPG 2006-05-03

Left: moon; right: sun
CIMG1118.JPG 2006-05-03


CIMG1117.JPG 2006-05-03

Sweet reflection
CIMG1119.JPG 2006-05-03

And the rising mountains...
CIMG1124.JPG 2006-05-04


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Rice fields
CIMG1127.JPG 2006-05-04


CIMG1128.JPG 2006-05-04

Road barrier
CIMG1130.JPG 2006-05-04

Deep in meditation
CIMG1131.JPG 2006-05-04

Bamboo forest and hut
CIMG1133.JPG 2006-05-04

Those trees are strong!
CIMG1134.JPG 2006-05-04

Down to the river
CIMG1132.JPG 2006-05-04

Shui Niu ("water cow")
CIMG1135.JPG 2006-05-04


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The separate kitchen
CIMG1138.JPG 2006-05-04

Bargaining over the lunch price
CIMG1139.JPG 2006-05-04

Getting ready for our trip
CIMG1140.JPG 2006-05-04


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Sea-worthy vessel
CIMG1144.JPG 2006-05-04

Our boat
CIMG1145.JPG 2006-05-04


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Steep cliffs
CIMG1151.JPG 2006-05-04

The shoreline
CIMG1152.JPG 2006-05-04


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Proof that I was there
CIMG1154.JPG 2006-05-04


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Swimming waterbuffalo!
CIMG1155.JPG 2006-05-04

Chinese construction workers
CIMG1159.JPG 2006-05-04

The steerer of our vessel
CIMG1160.JPG 2006-05-04


CIMG1157.JPG 2006-05-04

This view is excellent!
CIMG1161.JPG 2006-05-04


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A family of ducks
CIMG1164.JPG 2006-05-04


CIMG1162.JPG 2006-05-04

Our friends from Tai Yuan
CIMG1169.JPG 2006-05-04

Candy and I
CIMG1167.JPG 2006-05-04

A houseboat
CIMG1170.JPG 2006-05-04


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All the foreign girls
CIMG1175.JPG 2006-05-04

I did not get the memo
CIMG1174.JPG 2006-05-04

We climbed this hill
CIMG1176.JPG 2006-05-04

A jail? Up here?
CIMG1178.JPG 2006-05-04

Trying my lock-picking skillz
CIMG1179.JPG 2006-05-04

Ah, the beauty
CIMG1180.JPG 2006-05-04

I arrange and design shrubberies
CIMG1181.JPG 2006-05-04


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Came out of left field
CIMG1183.JPG 2006-05-04


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On the boat
CIMG1189.JPG 2006-05-04

My friend Susie
CIMG1190.JPG 2006-05-04


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See the Mao picture?
CIMG1194.JPG 2006-05-04

Entrance gate to the village
CIMG1196.JPG 2006-05-04

Ancient village street
CIMG1199.JPG 2006-05-04

Old cobblestone
CIMG1198.JPG 2006-05-04

Oh give me a home
CIMG1200.JPG 2006-05-04

Where the tree branches roam
CIMG1201.JPG 2006-05-04


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Our group
CIMG1204.JPG 2006-05-04

Laundry drying on the wall
CIMG1205.JPG 2006-05-04

Quaint roof
CIMG1206.JPG 2006-05-04

Fun on a tandem bike
CIMG1207.JPG 2006-05-04

Homemade farm food poster
CIMG1208.JPG 2006-05-04

Little courtyard
CIMG1209.JPG 2006-05-04


CIMG1210.JPG 2006-05-04

The village from a distance
CIMG1212.JPG 2006-05-04

More shui niu
CIMG1214.JPG 2006-05-04

Rice fields and mountains
CIMG1215.JPG 2006-05-04


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So fresh and so clean, clean
CIMG1217.JPG 2006-05-04

Sticking feathers up your butt
CIMG1219.JPG 2006-05-04

Does not make you a chicken
CIMG1220.JPG 2006-05-04


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Our trek through the hills
CIMG1223.JPG 2006-05-04

When I was a young wart hog...
CIMG1224.JPG 2006-05-04


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Not much rhymes with wart hog
CIMG1228.JPG 2006-05-04

Farmer tending the fields
CIMG1227.JPG 2006-05-04

Water buffalo and calf
CIMG1229.JPG 2006-05-04

Eating lunch in a bamboo hut!
CIMG1230.JPG 2006-05-04

Jawohl! Guten Appetit!
CIMG1231.JPG 2006-05-04

My friend Susie
CIMG1232.JPG 2006-05-04

The bamboo kitchen
CIMG1233.JPG 2006-05-04

And bambo dining area
CIMG1234.JPG 2006-05-04

Our smily boat rudderer
CIMG1237.JPG 2006-05-04

Farm fresh pigs
CIMG1240.JPG 2006-05-04

Swine, to the layman
CIMG1241.JPG 2006-05-04

Why the horses, you ask? Me, too
CIMG1243.JPG 2006-05-04

My new purchase!
Susie, Candy and I in Yangshuo, near Guilin. I now have a chinese farmer's hat!

Riverside grooming
CIMG1245.JPG 2006-05-04

Hey! Free water!
CIMG1248.JPG 2006-05-04


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That bike looks awfully small...
CIMG1253.JPG 2006-05-04

Gong Fu training hour
CIMG1249.JPG 2006-05-04

Just a sweet roof
CIMG1254.JPG 2006-05-04

I found a dead chicken!
CIMG1255.JPG 2006-05-04

On the way to our 6am boat trip
CIMG1257.JPG 2006-05-05


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Floating down a river again
CIMG1258.JPG 2006-05-05


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A slice of heaven on earth
CIMG1263.JPG 2006-05-05


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Blech! We're tourists!
CIMG1264.JPG 2006-05-05

Yay riverboats
CIMG1265.JPG 2006-05-05


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The sunrise...yes, it was early
CIMG1274.JPG 2006-05-05

Rivershore tent-dwellers
CIMG1270.JPG 2006-05-05

Swimming waterbuffalo!
CIMG1276.JPG 2006-05-05

Small bamboo raft
CIMG1273.JPG 2006-05-05


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More buffalo crossing the river
CIMG1277.JPG 2006-05-05

Much prettier than Nanchang...
CIMG1280.JPG 2006-05-05

It's on the 20-yuan note...
CIMG1282.JPG 2006-05-05

The reception area of our hotel
CIMG1285.JPG 2006-05-05

Mhmm....fuzzy peaches...
CIMG1284.JPG 2006-05-05

Our whole big group parting ways
CIMG1287.JPG 2006-05-05

Haggling over van prices...
CIMG1289.JPG 2006-05-05

Haha! Looks ridiculous!
CIMG1290.JPG 2006-05-05

Dancing with a lifesize Automan
CIMG1292.JPG 2006-05-05

Showing his scholar the light...
CIMG1291.JPG 2006-05-05

We got into a bit of a squirmish
CIMG1293.JPG 2006-05-05

Sweet, huge tea pot!
CIMG1294.JPG 2006-05-05

Night life of West street
CIMG1297.JPG 2006-05-05

At an outdoor restaurant
CIMG1298.JPG 2006-05-05

It all sounds so tempting
CIMG1301.JPG 2006-05-05

Hanging lanterns over a bridge
CIMG1304.JPG 2006-05-05


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Mei-you: "don't have" cafe. haha
CIMG1303.JPG 2006-05-05

Sweet merciful crap!
CIMG1312.JPG 2006-05-06


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Our day-trip to LongJi
Candy and I took a bustour to Long Ji terraces. Long Ji = dragon's backbone.

It was raining so hard that day
CIMG1314.JPG 2006-05-06

What torrents!
CIMG1315.JPG 2006-05-06

My hat doubled as an umbrella
CIMG1316.JPG 2006-05-06

So foggy, too
CIMG1318.JPG 2006-05-06

Cutely annoyed at the weather
CIMG1317.JPG 2006-05-06

Aha! A terrace sighting!
CIMG1319.JPG 2006-05-06

Hence thee forth, clouds!
CIMG1320.JPG 2006-05-06

Can't wait to get climbing!
CIMG1321.JPG 2006-05-06

A hill and its greenery
CIMG1322.JPG 2006-05-06

Rising above the fogline
CIMG1324.JPG 2006-05-06

A mountain village
CIMG1326.JPG 2006-05-06

Still raining...on prom night
CIMG1325.JPG 2006-05-06

Yay, a worthwhile view, finally!
CIMG1327.JPG 2006-05-06

Kind of alpine, like Austria
CIMG1328.JPG 2006-05-06

Candy being random
CIMG1330.JPG 2006-05-06

Have you seen a slicker slicker?
CIMG1329.JPG 2006-05-06

Definitely higher altitude now
CIMG1332.JPG 2006-05-06

A pig under a stilted house
CIMG1333.JPG 2006-05-06

Fog clearing slowly
CIMG1334.JPG 2006-05-06

Kong Fu tea....H yes!
CIMG1335.JPG 2006-05-06

The village rooftop
CIMG1337.JPG 2006-05-06


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Sweet looking restaurant
CIMG1341.JPG 2006-05-06

We lunched together:
Couple from Germany, one American, one Chinese, one Chinese-Australian guy. Rad.


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Chickens chickening chickenly
CIMG1349.JPG 2006-05-06

Peddlers in original costumes
CIMG1348.JPG 2006-05-06

Yay, the rain finally stopped!
CIMG1350.JPG 2006-05-06

It's like a chinese Austria!
CIMG1351.JPG 2006-05-06

Look at that stairlike structure
CIMG1352.JPG 2006-05-06

At the half-way point
CIMG1353.JPG 2006-05-06

A shoulder-hoisted chair
CIMG1354.JPG 2006-05-06

We climbed pretty high up
CIMG1356.JPG 2006-05-06

And the payoff was sweet
CIMG1357.JPG 2006-05-06


CIMG1358.JPG 2006-05-06

Geronimo!
CIMG1359.JPG 2006-05-06


CIMG1360.JPG 2006-05-06

Not too shabby
CIMG1362.JPG 2006-05-06

I could be happy here...
CIMG1363.JPG 2006-05-06

Carrying lazy tourists downhill
CIMG1364.JPG 2006-05-06

Sky never fully cleared
CIMG1361.JPG 2006-05-06

But the view was still great
CIMG1368.JPG 2006-05-06

I mean, seriously!
CIMG1369.JPG 2006-05-06

Farmer ploughing at the bottom
CIMG1366.JPG 2006-05-06

Those were the days...
CIMG1373.JPG 2006-05-06

When green was still green
CIMG1372.JPG 2006-05-06

At the highest point
CIMG1370.JPG 2006-05-06

Candy, Kristen, and the terraces
CIMG1371.JPG 2006-05-06

On the Plane to Espana!
Shaffer girls, we are three. Shaffer girls, filled with glee.

Outside our Hotel
CIMG3592.JPG 2006-07-29


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CIMG3598.JPG
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On our boattrip to an Island
CIMG3609.JPG 2006-07-30


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A Lighthouse
CIMG3617.JPG 2006-07-30


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CIMG3622.JPG 2006-07-30

C
CIMG3616.JPG 2006-07-30


CIMG3624.JPG 2006-07-30

How blue the water!
CIMG3627.JPG 2006-07-30

Cool-lookin dude on our boat
CIMG3630.JPG 2006-07-30

Rockin the Shades
CIMG3633.JPG 2006-07-30


CIMG3634.JPG 2006-07-30

Peach juice, anyone?
CIMG3641.JPG 2006-07-30

Coastline
CIMG3646.JPG 2006-07-30

Rocky beach
CIMG3651.JPG 2006-07-30

Our ferry, in the back
CIMG3647.JPG 2006-07-30

On the walk the beach
CIMG3653.JPG 2006-07-30

Yachts and more
CIMG3666.JPG 2006-07-30


CIMG3658.JPG 2006-07-30

Yep, I was there
CIMG3657.JPG 2006-07-30

Through a hole in the rock
CIMG3661.JPG 2006-07-30


CIMG3663.JPG 2006-07-30

Yay, beach-goers
CIMG3664.JPG 2006-07-30


CIMG3673.JPG 2006-07-30

A bit pebbly
CIMG3674.JPG 2006-07-30


CIMG3677.JPG 2006-07-30

Beach-day hair
CIMG3678.JPG 2006-07-30

It was sunny!
CIMG3680.JPG 2006-07-30

Rock looks like it's hovering
CIMG3694.JPG 2006-07-30


CIMG3683.JPG 2006-07-30

Spanish seagull! Yariba!
CIMG3691.JPG 2006-07-30

Andale, andale!
CIMG3692.JPG 2006-07-30

Top of the little restaurants
CIMG3695.JPG 2006-07-30

A "calle", if you will
And you did.


CIMG3701.JPG 2006-07-30

One of the many ports
CIMG3697.JPG 2006-07-30


CIMG3699.JPG 2006-07-30

The golden arches. how exotic.
CIMG3711.JPG 2006-08-01

Palms...always a welcome sight
CIMG3712.JPG 2006-08-01

My friend, the 5-foot sandwich
CIMG3708.JPG 2006-07-31

Livin the Spanish way
CIMG3710.JPG 2006-08-01


CIMG3716.JPG 2006-08-01

And should the siren fail...
...you'll still know when the police are coming through.


CIMG3728.JPG 2006-08-01

Ah, yes, the BIMBO truck. lovely
CIMG3726.JPG 2006-08-01

Shops and Cafes
CIMG3727.JPG 2006-08-01


CIMG3735.JPG 2006-08-01


CIMG3732.JPG 2006-08-01

4 o'clock: weird guy on bike
CIMG3734.JPG 2006-08-01

A villa
CIMG3737.JPG 2006-08-01

Kegs of free schnapps!
CIMG3741.JPG 2006-08-01

The store lured us with ale
CIMG3738.JPG 2006-08-01

Coconut Schnapps!
CIMG3740.JPG 2006-08-01

My tolerance level: 2 shots
CIMG3739.JPG 2006-08-01

Sisters chugging Schnapps
CIMG3742.JPG 2006-08-01

Village Center
CIMG3743.JPG 2006-08-01


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CIMG3751.JPG 2006-08-01

Some church
CIMG3753.JPG 2006-08-01


CIMG3755.JPG 2006-08-01

Village Square
CIMG3750.JPG 2006-08-01

Woman at the well
CIMG3758.JPG 2006-08-01


CIMG3760.JPG 2006-08-01

Grapes! Uvas! Weintrauben!
CIMG3766.JPG 2006-08-01


CIMG3765.JPG 2006-08-01

So cheesy, I know
You would have, too, had you been there.


CIMG3762.JPG 2006-08-01

Back of the church
CIMG3772.JPG 2006-08-01


CIMG3773.JPG 2006-08-01


CIMG3776.JPG 2006-08-01

Cat with no tail
CIMG3774.JPG 2006-08-01

Celebrating the Virgin Mary
Do Catholics realize that rascally Joseph robbed blessed Mary of her virginity?


CIMG3778.JPG 2006-08-01


CIMG3780.JPG 2006-08-01


CIMG3782.JPG 2006-08-01

This town is called Valdemossa
In whose outskirts Michael Douglas and wife have their summer residence.


CIMG3786.JPG 2006-08-01


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CIMG3793.JPG 2006-08-01

Imagine
Stampeding bulls


CIMG3801.JPG 2006-08-01

Another church
CIMG3808.JPG 2006-08-01

Cool flag
CIMG3806.JPG 2006-08-01

Made all of stone
CIMG3810.JPG 2006-08-01


CIMG3812.JPG 2006-08-01


CIMG3811.JPG 2006-08-01


CIMG3813.JPG 2006-08-01


CIMG3815.JPG 2006-08-01

Another classic cheesy pose
CIMG3817.JPG 2006-08-01

Ah, Groggy's snacks
Sounds so refreshing...like an iceberg in my mouth!


CIMG3821.JPG 2006-08-01

Narrow passageway
CIMG3818.JPG 2006-08-01


CIMG3829.JPG 2006-08-01


CIMG3828.JPG 2006-08-01

Rab and Sandy Shaffer!
CIMG3831.JPG 2006-08-01

Cannons
CIMG3839.JPG 2006-08-01

Some skeleton thing
A fossil dating back to the iron age, probably


CIMG3836.JPG 2006-08-01


CIMG3832.JPG 2006-08-01

Mountain cemetary
CIMG3845.JPG 2006-08-01

Wall and well
CIMG3842.JPG 2006-08-01


CIMG3843.JPG 2006-08-01

Coastline view
CIMG3848.JPG 2006-08-01

Hillside Adventures
CIMG3846.JPG 2006-08-01


CIMG3847.JPG 2006-08-01


CIMG3852.JPG 2006-08-01

Blue mountains
CIMG3851.JPG 2006-08-01


CIMG3855.JPG 2006-08-01


CIMG3856.JPG 2006-08-01


CIMG3858.JPG 2006-08-01

Cactus!
CIMG3857.JPG 2006-08-01

Outdoor fruit and veggie vendor
CIMG3859.JPG 2006-08-01

Village on a hill
CIMG3860.JPG 2006-08-01


CIMG3864.JPG 2006-08-01

Kinda pretty
CIMG3863.JPG 2006-08-01


CIMG3865.JPG 2006-08-01

View from the car
CIMG3869.JPG 2006-08-01


CIMG3877.JPG 2006-08-01


CIMG3872.JPG 2006-08-01

Lauren sleeping on me in the car
CIMG3878.JPG 2006-08-02

Heehee
CIMG3879.JPG 2006-08-02

Paragliding!
CIMG3880.JPG 2006-08-03

Dinner at a restaurant
CIMG3882.JPG 2006-08-03

Voulez-vous?
CIMG3883.JPG 2006-08-03


CIMG3884.JPG 2006-08-03

Cute, fluffy little shrimp!
CIMG3886.JPG 2006-08-03

He never had a fighting chance
CIMG3885.JPG 2006-08-03

Palms in the wind
CIMG3889.JPG 2006-08-03

The sidewalk
CIMG3887.JPG 2006-08-03

Horsedrawn carriage
CIMG3890.JPG 2006-08-03

Sunset
CIMG3892.JPG 2006-08-03

Wait for it...
CIMG3891.JPG 2006-08-03

Presto!
CIMG3895.JPG 2006-08-03


CIMG3896.JPG 2006-08-03

Absolutely beautiful!
CIMG3902.JPG 2006-08-03


CIMG3901.JPG 2006-08-03


CIMG3909.JPG 2006-08-03

Going down behind the hills
CIMG3910.JPG 2006-08-03


CIMG3908.JPG 2006-08-03


CIMG3907.JPG 2006-08-03


CIMG3911.JPG 2006-08-03

Yes, this was our vacation!
CIMG3915.JPG 2006-08-03


CIMG3924.JPG 2006-08-03

Jenny and I
CIMG3919.JPG 2006-08-03

Yay, Spinach for dessert
CIMG3923.JPG 2006-08-03

Blech, sibling affection!
CIMG3921.JPG 2006-08-03

The Shaffer clan
Ew, gross, mom and dad holding hands. Get a room!

CIMG3932.JPG
CIMG3932.JPG 2006-08-03

Sand, I guess
CIMG3926.JPG 2006-08-03


CIMG3930.JPG 2006-08-03

Moon. Luna. Mond. Lune.
CIMG3958.JPG 2006-08-04

A big, public building
CIMG3944.JPG 2006-08-03

And another one, all lit up
And nowhere to go


CIMG3943.JPG 2006-08-03

Beachside restaurants
CIMG3953.JPG 2006-08-04

Our beach
CIMG3956.JPG 2006-08-04

Where we spent mornings
CIMG3959.JPG 2006-08-04


CIMG3955.JPG 2006-08-04


CIMG3960.JPG 2006-08-04


CIMG3962.JPG 2006-08-04

And yonder rocky crags
CIMG3964.JPG 2006-08-04

Touristy street
CIMG3967.JPG 2006-08-04

To Inca, young man!
CIMG3970.JPG 2006-08-04

Or, woman...
CIMG3971.JPG 2006-08-04


CIMG3973.JPG 2006-08-04


CIMG3980.JPG 2006-08-04


CIMG3982.JPG 2006-08-04


CIMG3974.JPG 2006-08-04


CIMG3984.JPG 2006-08-04

So blue and so white
CIMG3991.JPG 2006-08-04


CIMG3976.JPG 2006-08-04

On the road again
CIMG3999.JPG 2006-08-04


CIMG4000.JPG 2006-08-04

Looking back at the bay
CIMG4001.JPG 2006-08-04


CIMG3997.JPG 2006-08-04

To the cliffs!
CIMG4003.JPG 2006-08-04


CIMG4002.JPG 2006-08-04


CIMG4014.JPG 2006-08-04

Another beautiful day in Spain!
CIMG4009.JPG 2006-08-04

Quite the drop
CIMG4006.JPG 2006-08-04


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CIMG4004.JPG 2006-08-04


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CIMG4013.JPG 2006-08-04

Rab Shaffer himself
CIMG4015.JPG 2006-08-04

The panoramic view
CIMG4011.JPG 2006-08-04

Jenny and I at the cliffs
CIMG4017.JPG 2006-08-04

Pah! Tourists!
CIMG4016.JPG 2006-08-04

Tasty....
CIMG4025.JPG 2006-08-04


CIMG4022.JPG 2006-08-04

Some minor whitecaps
Put that in your Crest Spin-brush Pro and smoke it.


CIMG4021.JPG 2006-08-04


CIMG4020.JPG 2006-08-04


CIMG4024.JPG 2006-08-04

Writing on the rock
CIMG4023.JPG 2006-08-04


CIMG4026.JPG 2006-08-04


CIMG4035.JPG 2006-08-04

Real live wild mountain goat!
CIMG4029.JPG 2006-08-04

More goats
CIMG4030.JPG 2006-08-04

Need I say more?
CIMG4034.JPG 2006-08-04

A different part of the cliffs
CIMG4039.JPG 2006-08-04

Viva los Foo Fighters
CIMG4046.JPG 2006-08-04


CIMG4042.JPG 2006-08-04

Lighthouse
CIMG4036.JPG 2006-08-04


CIMG4037.JPG 2006-08-04

Spanish roofs
CIMG4050.JPG 2006-08-04

Lighthouse indoor cafe
CIMG4049.JPG 2006-08-04


CIMG4053.JPG 2006-08-04

Just chillin
CIMG4055.JPG 2006-08-04

That gate will keep us safe
CIMG4056.JPG 2006-08-04

Senors and Senoritas
CIMG4058.JPG 2006-08-04


CIMG4059.JPG 2006-08-04


CIMG4061.JPG 2006-08-04

Another village street
CIMG4063.JPG 2006-08-05


CIMG4064.JPG 2006-08-05

With more flags
See the Austrian one? and China? Woo hoo! Oh yeah, America, too.

And of course, Bagpipers!
CIMG4065.JPG 2006-08-05

My turtles from China
CIMG4069.JPG 2006-08-05

Smuggled in my carry-on
CIMG4072.JPG 2006-08-05

I guess. Whatever.
CIMG4068.JPG 2006-08-05

The only way to play soccer
CIMG4074.JPG 2006-08-05

Old Dude in Store
CIMG3206.JPG 2006-07-05

Eating along the Danube
CIMG3207.JPG 2006-07-06


CIMG3208.JPG 2006-07-06

Some gondolling
CIMG3222.JPG 2006-07-07

Beer Steins!
CIMG3210.JPG 2006-07-06


CIMG3213.JPG 2006-07-07

The Shaffer clan
CIMG3219.JPG 2006-07-07

Mutti
CIMG3218.JPG 2006-07-07

Sisters Jenny and Lauren
CIMG3216.JPG 2006-07-07

My mom often humors me
CIMG3220.JPG 2006-07-07

Restaurant decor
CIMG3223.JPG 2006-07-07


CIMG3224.JPG 2006-07-07

He really needed this
CIMG3226.JPG 2006-07-07

It's a Cooper!
CIMG3228.JPG 2006-07-07

Mom's b-day
CIMG3229.JPG 2006-07-07


CIMG3231.JPG 2006-07-07

Go ahead, stuff your face
CIMG3232.JPG 2006-07-07

Sweet punks downtown V
CIMG3239.JPG 2006-07-08

Getting ready for the World Cup
CIMG3245.JPG 2006-07-10

Go, Italia, all the way
CIMG3255.JPG 2006-07-10


CIMG3256.JPG 2006-07-10

On the way downtown
CIMG3265.JPG 2006-07-10

Lauren's bf - in the tram
CIMG3268.JPG 2006-07-10

Riding public transportation
CIMG3267.JPG 2006-07-10


IMG_1631.JPG 2006-07-09


IMG_1633.JPG 2006-07-09

Yay Spirit
IMG_1621.JPG 2006-07-09

Our classic stance
IMG_1622.JPG 2006-07-09

The big, outdoor screen
CIMG3270.JPG 2006-07-10

Game starts at dusk
CIMG3274.JPG 2006-07-10


CIMG3271.JPG 2006-07-10

Victory for Italia!
CIMG3291.JPG 2006-07-10


CIMG3276.JPG 2006-07-10

Bf thought we were weird...
CIMG3275.JPG 2006-07-10


CIMG3293.JPG 2006-07-10


IMG_1652.JPG 2006-07-09

3 very excited fans
CIMG3284.JPG 2006-07-10


CIMG3290.JPG 2006-07-10


IMG_1640.JPG 2006-07-09

On the way home
IMG_1662.JPG 2006-07-09

Waiting for the tram
IMG_1666a.JPG 2006-07-09

We stick together
IMG_1668.JPG 2006-07-09

In Germany!
CIMG3325.JPG 2006-07-16

Walking to the outdoor pool
CIMG3323.JPG 2006-07-16


CIMG3324.JPG 2006-07-16

The German countryside
CIMG3327.JPG 2006-07-16

A little place called "Butzbach"
CIMG3335.JPG 2006-07-16


CIMG3330.JPG 2006-07-16


CIMG3333.JPG 2006-07-16

Still looking for the pool
CIMG3332.JPG 2006-07-16

What's that yonder?
CIMG3336.JPG 2006-07-16

It's a flock of aryan cows!
CIMG3339.JPG 2006-07-16

A foal
CIMG3345.JPG 2006-07-16

And her mother
CIMG3342.JPG 2006-07-16

Frolicking
CIMG3344.JPG 2006-07-16

Dennis and Andre
CIMG3349.JPG 2006-07-16


CIMG3346.JPG 2006-07-16

Yay piggyback rides
CIMG3347.JPG 2006-07-16


CIMG3348.JPG 2006-07-16

David and Andre
CIMG3362.JPG 2006-07-19

Such German names! Ja!
CIMG3356.JPG 2006-07-19

I love German signs...
CIMG3355.JPG 2006-07-19

Andre
CIMG3364.JPG 2006-07-19

Walking home from the pool
CIMG3359.JPG 2006-07-19


CIMG3367.JPG 2006-07-19

Little old church
CIMG3365.JPG 2006-07-19

Another German sign
CIMG3366.JPG 2006-07-19

A hunter's....chair
CIMG3368.JPG 2006-07-19

Searching for wildlife
CIMG3371.JPG 2006-07-19

Lene and I looking our huntinest
CIMG3370.JPG 2006-07-19

My campers
Yes, I was translator, counselor, and leader of games for the week. FUN!


CIMG3378.JPG 2006-07-21

Yeah, we're fun
CIMG3377.JPG 2006-07-21


CIMG3380.JPG 2006-07-21


CIMG3382.JPG 2006-07-21


CIMG3379.JPG 2006-07-21

Showing our muscle power
Bear in mind this was a Jr high camp, these guys are like 14.

Our lovely little youth hostel
CIMG3385.JPG 2006-07-21

A-frames where guys slept
CIMG3388.JPG 2006-07-22

Haha, we made them sweep
CIMG3395.JPG 2006-07-22

German food - Wurst!
CIMG3394.JPG 2006-07-22

Some berries
CIMG3401.JPG 2006-07-22


CIMG3403.JPG 2006-07-22

Me, translating for the speaker
I got to translate all the evening messages from English into German. Sweet.


CIMG3410.JPG 2006-07-22


CIMG3409.JPG 2006-07-22

Keep those words coming
CIMG3413.JPG 2006-07-22

Christine and Dennis
CIMG3419.JPG 2006-07-22

On the bus ride back to Cologne
CIMG3425.JPG 2006-07-22

Andre, again
CIMG3421.JPG 2006-07-22

Dennis
CIMG3422.JPG 2006-07-22

We got bored
CIMG3427.JPG 2006-07-22

So we decided
CIMG3426.JPG 2006-07-22

To make lots of faces
CIMG3433.JPG 2006-07-22

And then take pictures of them
CIMG3431.JPG 2006-07-22

It's fun to be juvenile
CIMG3430.JPG 2006-07-22

Trying to touch our noses
CIMG3436.JPG 2006-07-22

Hamster cheeks
CIMG3453.JPG 2006-07-22

Tough? No? I give up.
CIMG3457.JPG 2006-07-22

Saying goodbye to my campers
CIMG3466.JPG 2006-07-22

Desiree and Maria
CIMG3467.JPG 2006-07-22

The Dome of Cologne!
CIMG3465.JPG 2006-07-22

Some art in a cafe
CIMG3473.JPG 2006-07-23

Tomatoes bein fresh
CIMG3471.JPG 2006-07-23

Agnes, the dog
CIMG3481.JPG 2006-07-23

My friend's dog got a tick
in her butt

So, yes, I got to take it out
Since I've been highly trained in the art of removing ticks from canine's hineys

The operation was successful
CIMG3482.JPG 2006-07-23

So freakin huge!
And just think, that thing's full of blood and ready to burst.

Cologne, by night
CIMG3493.JPG 2006-07-23

Int'l flags across the streets
CIMG3492.JPG 2006-07-23

Celebrating the World Cup
CIMG3491.JPG 2006-07-23

That steeple's where we're goin
CIMG3487.JPG 2006-07-23

Old City Gate
CIMG3515.JPG 2006-07-23

The dome herself
CIMG3495.JPG 2006-07-23

This thing is quite large
CIMG3496.JPG 2006-07-23

All lit up
CIMG3499.JPG 2006-07-23

Really pretty at night
CIMG3501.JPG 2006-07-23


CIMG3500.JPG 2006-07-23

And with streetlights
CIMG3502.JPG 2006-07-23

I taught them to steal posters
I have posters from Mexico, Cologne, Thailand, Vienna, Croatia, you name it

He's an Idol fan
CIMG3513.JPG 2006-07-23

Ultra-modern phone booths
No making out in these babies

The dome by day
CIMG3526.JPG 2006-07-23

Front steps
CIMG3531.JPG 2006-07-23

And all the tourists
CIMG3528.JPG 2006-07-23

Still beautiful
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But not as grand as at night
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I hear the dome's pretty famous
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Back in Vienna
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The Rathaus, or town hall
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Free choir concert
Followed by a big screen showing of some operas and classical concerts

More Rathaus
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Rathaus steeples by night
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We sisters three
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Crossing the blue danube
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That hill has a castle on it
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Making faces in the car
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On the 2hr ride to Bratislava
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Lauren (17), Jenny (20)
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You might call us weird...
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Or just really expressive
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In Bratislava, Slovakia
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Town square
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And a steeple
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Kebab stand....SO good
Seriously, when in Europe, eat the kebabs...usually imported from Turkey


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Pedestrian street in Bratislava
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And real cobblestones
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Creepy dummy in upstairs window
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View of the Votivekirche


Votive church with twin spires
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Rathaus again
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In front, with a lantern
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In our van filled with branches
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Family friends, the Parkers
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My early b-day celebration
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Will some things never change?
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My cake, a Sachertorte
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Blowing out the candles...
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Yay, all the Shaffer women
CIMG4141.JPG 2006-08-14

There's a lotta love
CIMG4142.JPG 2006-08-14

An ad in the subway station
Er versteht nur Bahnhof...it's funny for those of us who know. Sorry.

St. Stephens, or Stephansdom
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Vienna's huge cathedral
CIMG4149.JPG 2006-08-14

Big pedestrian shopping street
The Kaerntnerstrasse in Vienna

Another kebab place
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They're just so good!
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Slicing it off the spit
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The Opera house
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Pretty impressive, isn't it?
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Appartments in downtown
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A horsedrawn carriage
Called a Viehacker, to tote the tourists around

My buddy, kebab, and me
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First bite=best bite
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Eating our stuff in the park
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Feeding the birds
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Like 25 cm away from us
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Tuppence, the bag
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The Graben of Vienna
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Stephansdom again
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City Square
CIMG4187.JPG 2006-08-16

The Pestsaeule in the Graben
Every city has these, they commemorate those who died in the black plague.

The Imperial summer residence
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Streets of Wien
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Another Viennese commodity
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A bank, the Sparkasse
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A white church
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In front of the summer residence
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The imperial dome
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Thanks. I sure did.
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One last Viehacker
CIMG4208.JPG 2006-08-16

Statues in front of the Palace
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That stop sign seems appropriate
CIMG4213.JPG 2006-08-16


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The sign points you toward:
Portuguese horse museum, Jewish museum, national library and evangelical church

The imperial palace entryway
CIMG4217.JPG 2006-08-16

Skylights in the dome
CIMG4218.JPG 2006-08-16

Walking through the long gate
CIMG4219.JPG 2006-08-16

Palace roof decorations
CIMG4222.JPG 2006-08-16

Some Latin
Put that in your electronic dictionary and smoke it.

The national library
CIMG4226.JPG 2006-08-16

Where both the Pope and Hitler
once gathered the masses for motivational speaking. Yay and yikes, respectively.

A museum, of sorts
CIMG4237.JPG 2006-08-17

Going home on the subway
CIMG4227.JPG 2006-08-16

Last day, in the airport bakery
CIMG4239.JPG 2006-08-17

Waiting outside the hotel
OBVIOUSLY, I can't come in cuz the y're washing the floor.

But I really have to pee!
Please let me come in.....

Easter Morning


Fancy gold chairs
CIMG0399.JPG 2006-04-16

Pulling a Jed slash Homer
CIMG0401.JPG 2006-04-16

Team NIT's "normal" Easter pic
CIMG0402.JPG 2006-04-16

And back to our usual selves
CIMG0403.JPG 2006-04-16

Friends over to cook
CIMG0408.JPG 2006-04-17

All their dishes
CIMG0410.JPG 2006-04-17

Some of my class 2 studes
CIMG0411.JPG 2006-04-17

Jason and Alisha
CIMG0416.JPG 2006-04-17

Michelle
CIMG0413.JPG 2006-04-17

yay fun
CIMG0412.JPG 2006-04-17

Kelly and Emmy
CIMG0415.JPG 2006-04-17

Kelly
CIMG0418.JPG 2006-04-17

Alisha
CIMG0419.JPG 2006-04-17

Emmy
CIMG0417.JPG 2006-04-17

Coup d'Etat
How he really feels about me as a teacher

Retribution
Alas, I reign with a tyrannical, iron fist

Roller-skating at the rink
CIMG0425.JPG 2006-04-18

Mandy and Jessie
CIMG0429.JPG 2006-04-18

We love skating
CIMG0428.JPG 2006-04-18

Old-skool skates
CIMG0430.JPG 2006-04-18

Birthday dinner with class 1
CIMG0431.JPG 2006-04-18

Friends at a restaurant
CIMG0433.JPG 2006-04-18

belgian waffles
CIMG0443.JPG 2006-04-18

Flashin the signs
CIMG0434.JPG 2006-04-18

Jack and Ricky
They call themselves my younger chinese brothers...it's cute.

Ricky
CIMG0437.JPG 2006-04-18

Jack
CIMG0436.JPG 2006-04-18

Phil
CIMG0439.JPG 2006-04-18

Some guy
CIMG0445.JPG 2006-04-18

Ricky
CIMG0446.JPG 2006-04-18

He breakdances...I dig it
CIMG0447.JPG 2006-04-18

Sweet style
CIMG0448.JPG 2006-04-18

Lexi cooking in our kitchen
CIMG0455.JPG 2006-04-20

Preparing fish for dinner
CIMG0453.JPG 2006-04-20

Preparing, as in chopping
CIMG0456.JPG 2006-04-20

Chopped fish, anyone?
CIMG0454.JPG 2006-04-20

Carly
CIMG0457.JPG 2006-04-20

Making...good stuff
CIMG0458.JPG 2006-04-20

Mhmmm.....
CIMG0462.JPG 2006-04-20

who knows
CIMG0459.JPG 2006-04-20

more fashion girls
CIMG0465.JPG 2006-04-22

Shanghai, round 2, baby!!!
CIMG0463.JPG 2006-04-22

uh huh
CIMG0468.JPG 2006-04-22

or is it, head your mind?
CIMG0466.JPG 2006-04-22

some tall building
CIMG0469.JPG 2006-04-22

Friday's in Shanghai
CIMG0467.JPG 2006-04-22

Gate
CIMG0473.JPG 2006-04-22

Shanhai by night
I really just took a picture of a poster, as you can tell

Dragon head
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Sweetest old dude ever!
Check out the garb and the beard!

Vases
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Inside a temple
CIMG0490.JPG 2006-04-22

Decorative warrior
CIMG0493.JPG 2006-04-22


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Guys in a wagon
CIMG0494.JPG 2006-04-22

A cage and a loofah?
CIMG0500.JPG 2006-04-22

What the....
CIMG0501.JPG 2006-04-22

And is that a....
CIMG0498.JPG 2006-04-22

A sink, yes, of course
And why wouldn't it be on the outside?


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Carrying stuff
CIMG0505.JPG 2006-04-22

Walking the backstreets
CIMG0502.JPG 2006-04-22


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Door to the rockery
CIMG0507.JPG 2006-04-22

Inside a garden
CIMG0512.JPG 2006-04-22


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Yummy, mommy!
CIMG0515.JPG 2006-04-22


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I found these
CIMG0531.JPG 2006-04-22

yay wheelbarrows
CIMG0530.JPG 2006-04-22


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I think they mean "willow"
CIMG0534.JPG 2006-04-22

pond in the park
CIMG0533.JPG 2006-04-22

goldfish
CIMG0532.JPG 2006-04-22

dragon chair
CIMG0535.JPG 2006-04-22

heeheehee
Are they talking about two separate things or is that just their fancy term?


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A stone boat should "fail"
CIMG0538.JPG 2006-04-22

CIMG0540.JPG
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I hope my ear has 3 corns
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to find these....
welcome warmly to follow the sings to meet the mildness


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Oh.....chiht
How could they have possibly misspelled "china"?

Those silly Delicas
CIMG0551.JPG 2006-04-22

In uniform
CIMG0554.JPG 2006-04-22


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The sights
CIMG0553.JPG 2006-04-22


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At the bund
CIMG0557.JPG 2006-04-22


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Half of team NIT
CIMG0556.JPG 2006-04-22

Mexican Food!
It had been like 8 months until we finally had mexican food in Shanghai.

What to say?
CIMG0560.JPG 2006-04-22

Piggin out
CIMG0561.JPG 2006-04-22

Sign in the subway
For sure, don't let those pinching hands get YOU!

Pizza delivery, China-style!
CIMG0562.JPG 2006-04-22

Washing the streets
CIMG0565.JPG 2006-04-23

The nightly hosing-down
CIMG0566.JPG 2006-04-23

We slipped a bit
CIMG0567.JPG 2006-04-23


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I guess that's what they say
CIMG0574.JPG 2006-04-23

There she blows
CIMG0575.JPG 2006-04-23

Behold, the JinMao tower
CIMG0576.JPG 2006-04-23


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Waiting to go up the elevator
CIMG0578.JPG 2006-04-23

Supposedly, we're standing
on the 88 floor of the 4th tallest building in the world. Supposedly.

Kind of a craptacular view
CIMG0580.JPG 2006-04-23

wow, buildings
CIMG0581.JPG 2006-04-23

wow, the side of the building
CIMG0582.JPG 2006-04-23

see for yourself
CIMG0584.JPG 2006-04-23

That's right, folks
CIMG0585.JPG 2006-04-23

oooh, more stuff
CIMG0583.JPG 2006-04-23

At the post office
CIMG0586.JPG 2006-04-23

Yao Ming's gear
CIMG0588.JPG 2006-04-23

And his shoes
CIMG0587.JPG 2006-04-23


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Tour group
CIMG0589.JPG 2006-04-23

I'm glad it was so cloudy
CIMG0592.JPG 2006-04-23

So as to obstruct our view
CIMG0591.JPG 2006-04-23

No, really, I am
CIMG0594.JPG 2006-04-23

Thank heavens for fog!
CIMG0593.JPG 2006-04-23

Sometimes, I dabble in sarcasm
CIMG0595.JPG 2006-04-23

Places and their distances
CIMG0596.JPG 2006-04-23

Oooh, looking down to floor 56
CIMG0599.JPG 2006-04-23

what a view, or, que view-o
CIMG0600.JPG 2006-04-23

see my reflection?
CIMG0608.JPG 2006-04-23

My scared-of-heights face
CIMG0602.JPG 2006-04-23

I'm really only pretending
CIMG0601.JPG 2006-04-23

Maybe just a little scared
CIMG0603.JPG 2006-04-23

Team NIT atop the JinMao
CIMG0615.JPG 2006-04-23

Doing our thing
CIMG0616.JPG 2006-04-23

I guess I crossed the line
CIMG0614.JPG 2006-04-23

Wow! Look at these great toys!
CIMG0622.JPG 2006-04-23

The miracle of birth
CIMG0611.JPG 2006-04-23

Eek, it's addicting!
CIMG0621.JPG 2006-04-23

Stargazing
CIMG0619.JPG 2006-04-23

Ellie, Erin and Me
CIMG0618.JPG 2006-04-23

The pit stains of fear!
CIMG0624.JPG 2006-04-23

Thanks, we just might
CIMG0627.JPG 2006-04-23

In the fancy elevator
CIMG0625.JPG 2006-04-23

what what
CIMG0626.JPG 2006-04-23

Well, what would you do?
CIMG0629.JPG 2006-04-23

Catchy Jingle
Put that on your wrist and smoke it.

Shanghai streets
CIMG0631.JPG 2006-04-23

Yep, 88
CIMG0628.JPG 2006-04-23

Guy playing instrument outside
CIMG0635.JPG 2006-04-23

More streets
CIMG0634.JPG 2006-04-23

The neon chameleon
CIMG0633.JPG 2006-04-23

Put your hands in the air
CIMG0632.JPG 2006-04-23

If you like mastering a stair
CIMG0638.JPG 2006-04-23

Laundry out to dry
CIMG0639.JPG 2006-04-23

My sweet wheels
CIMG0636.JPG 2006-04-23

Got our fashion glasses on
CIMG0637.JPG 2006-04-23

Sipping a coconut
CIMG0643.JPG 2006-04-23

Outdoor barbershop
CIMG0640.JPG 2006-04-23

two-walled barbershop
CIMG0641.JPG 2006-04-23

we sassed those coconuts
CIMG0642.JPG 2006-04-23

good to know
CIMG0644.JPG 2006-04-23

She's cute in her little outfit
CIMG0647.JPG 2006-04-23

Of course he'd be carrying a cat
CIMG0646.JPG 2006-04-23

Hear ye, hear ye
CIMG0645.JPG 2006-04-23

I hear tongue is the new smile
CIMG0652.JPG 2006-04-23

"crouching tiger, hidden bacon"
CIMG0654.JPG 2006-04-23

He's got the pink backpack
CIMG0651.JPG 2006-04-23

Never enough people here
CIMG0648.JPG 2006-04-23

It says, "marriage shop"
CIMG0657.JPG 2006-04-23

So we bought a marriage
CIMG0659.JPG 2006-04-23

3 spouses ain't bad, you know
CIMG0658.JPG 2006-04-23

That vegetable looks weird
CIMG0656.JPG 2006-04-23

Odd store name
CIMG0660.JPG 2006-04-23

Well, if they insist
CIMG0661.JPG 2006-04-23

Ellie and me on the train back
CIMG0663.JPG 2006-04-23

yay, 16 hour train rides
CIMG0664.JPG 2006-04-23

Toilet on the train, FAN-ceeee
CIMG0677.JPG 2006-04-24

Others sleeping on the train
CIMG0673.JPG 2006-04-24

More sleeping
CIMG0676.JPG 2006-04-24

Suit and everything
CIMG0675.JPG 2006-04-24

Oh, those nipping hands!
CIMG0678.JPG 2006-04-24

Erin and Jane at office hours
CIMG0690.JPG 2006-04-26

The guy's message board
"Do you like Harry Potty?". Well, son, that's difficult to answer.

Our message board
Someone lost their "frist-love". Those things tend to be sad.

World's greatest hips. haha.
CIMG0708.JPG 2006-04-28

My friend Fan
CIMG0703.JPG 2006-04-27

Lily
CIMG0707.JPG 2006-04-28

Erin's cool hair
CIMG0716.JPG 2006-04-28

Little neighbor boy
CIMG0711.JPG 2006-04-28

What a cute little face
CIMG0710.JPG 2006-04-28

And scratching that butt
In China, little boys get to wear "split-bottom pants" to show off their manhood

Alisha! and bike helmets
CIMG3065.JPG 2006-06-30

looking our finest
CIMG3066.JPG 2006-06-30

in the car
CIMG3070.JPG 2006-06-30

Another Sword in the Stone fan
CIMG3067.JPG 2006-06-30

I love minesweeper!
CIMG3068.JPG 2006-06-30

Jon Dimos, my former RD
CIMG3071.JPG 2006-06-30

And his two little girls
CIMG3072.JPG 2006-06-30

Lucy and Mercedes
CIMG3074.JPG 2006-06-30

Cuteness
CIMG3076.JPG 2006-06-30

Pj's and pigtails
CIMG3075.JPG 2006-06-30

Kelly J
CIMG3077.JPG 2006-07-01

Mel Ca-Mel, Me, Kelly J
CIMG3080.JPG 2006-07-01

What's going on?
CIMG3079.JPG 2006-07-01

A normal pic, for once
CIMG3081.JPG 2006-07-01

What a face, Mel!
CIMG3082.JPG 2006-07-01

Mel gave me some Q-tip art
CIMG3083.JPG 2006-07-01

Cheap romance novel
CIMG3086.JPG 2006-07-01

Friends for life
CIMG3093.JPG 2006-07-01

In her bathrobe and my China hat
CIMG3084.JPG 2006-07-01

Adam, making a call
CIMG3096.JPG 2006-07-02

Jenny, my bosom buddy
CIMG3107.JPG 2006-07-02

We don't have the smallpox!
CIMG3100.JPG 2006-07-02

Chillin
CIMG3109.JPG 2006-07-02


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Couldn't be happier
CIMG3113.JPG 2006-07-02

A fixer-upper
CIMG3124.JPG 2006-07-02

Where's bob the builder now?
CIMG3125.JPG 2006-07-02

A finger to a facial orifice
CIMG3126.JPG 2006-07-02

Burn baby burn
CIMG3128.JPG 2006-07-02

I'm sure we're doing this right
CIMG3127.JPG 2006-07-02

Whew! 3 cheers for manual labor
CIMG3129.JPG 2006-07-02

I wonder...about wonderbread
CIMG3130.JPG 2006-07-02

When in rome...
CIMG3135.JPG 2006-07-02

beating up the cripple
CIMG3141.JPG 2006-07-02

horsies and ponies
CIMG3136.JPG 2006-07-02

like two peas in a pod
CIMG3142.JPG 2006-07-02

My fave...the butt grab
CIMG3143.JPG 2006-07-02

Kalli
CIMG3146.JPG 2006-07-02

I guess we're weird
CIMG3145.JPG 2006-07-02

More fun
CIMG3147.JPG 2006-07-02

Kalli and Alecia
CIMG3148.JPG 2006-07-02

We crazy!
CIMG3151.JPG 2006-07-02

And slightly odd
CIMG3149.JPG 2006-07-02

Our love triangle
CIMG3157.JPG 2006-07-02

Mhmm....BLT's....
CIMG3160.JPG 2006-07-02

Irresistable!
CIMG3161.JPG 2006-07-02

Um.....
CIMG3162.JPG 2006-07-02

Daniel and Nicole
CIMG3164.JPG 2006-07-03

Yay American Food!
CIMG3168.JPG 2006-07-03

Fruity Farmer
CIMG3169.JPG 2006-07-03

Kung Fu and Capoeira
CIMG3171.JPG 2006-07-03

A round of hugs
CIMG3170.JPG 2006-07-03

Balisha and my hat
CIMG3187.JPG 2006-07-03

Weird things at food stores
CIMG3181.JPG 2006-07-03

thanks for the memories
CIMG3182.JPG 2006-07-03

Snow!
Upon returning from balmy Thailand, we found a light dusting of snow in China.

Outside our Kitchen Window
Not a spectacular view, I must say, but there was snow, that's all I got.

Outside our Livingroom Window
The greenery is all covered up, but the cesspool is still crystal....murky.

Candid Comfort
This just to say: I don't always do wacky things for the camera. Like now.

A very surprised Ray
The boys stole my camera and took some pictures of themselves on it one day.

Jed and his Ukelele
Yes, he plays it.Often. I hear it every day, as our bedrooms share a wall. Sigh.

Grrrrr!
A caricature the guys drew of me. Aren't they funny. I was only slightly amused

Eating Ribs!
Those were some honkin big bones! Delish and juicy, as only rib meat can be.

Got the Teacher Look Going On
I totally looked the part. Blouse, long skirt, cardigan, glasses, pigtails. YES!

New Restaurant Opening
Team NIT got free lunch cuz we went to a place that had just opened that day.

Closet Pyro
One day I accidentally started a fire by adding cardboard to a burning candle.

All that Melted Wax...
I almost set the laquer on our coffee table ablaze, but we kept warm by the fire

Our Duckies!
Bobbing in an ashtray of milk. I thought they would drink it, not swim in it!

Cuddling
They were pretty cute in their cardboard-box-and-towel home we made them. Awww!

Me and the One I Never Named
Cuz they died after a day. So I chucked them out our window. Longevity shmevity.

Freshman Routine
Some of the freshmen on campus were being drilled in...balancing books on heads.

Rascally Rabbits
Erin trying to lift me out of a hotel window. You know. Nothing to look at here.

Check out Those Pipes!
I took this from our taxi. When a pipe's gotta be transported...bikes work best.

Random Guy on Bike
I thought his ensemble was rather dashing. He's totally ready for GQ.

View of our City
Nothing, by any stretch of the imagination, to get excited about. Gray and dirty

Brazilian BBQ Night Out!
It's great. Here the guy is slicing off juicy pieces of grilled pineapple.

Mhmm Mhmm Good!
And here they have something rolled in bacon...kinda. All you can eat for $7.50!

Lardy Grin
That fatty piece of meat was supposed to look like a smile, but alas, I'm a dork

Spicy Red Tentacles
Would you have it any other way? Bethany and me enjoying our meal.

Feisty Little Buggers
They were squirrely things. Like a bushel of nuts. Chestnuts, at best.

Quick Question
If a possum attacked you mid-air, how would you defend yourself? Grab a racket!

The Love Between
Erin and Me. I call this one: Starfish Jubilee. It's about poise and gerontology

Singing on Stage
They had live music at the BBQ, and they wanted Erin and me to sing. More like..

Spoons!
Erin sang, which everyone loved, and I played the spoons (not as loved), but fun

My Heart Will Go On
And again, for the millionth time, all they ever wanna hear is that dang song.

Me and Some Studes
I cooked American food for these 4 boys from Class 4 one night.

Love, Only Love
Boys from left to right: James, Owen, Jackson, Jack.

Me and Owen
This guy pretty much runs the entire freshman class at our school. I'm proud .

Poke and Prod
What I really enjoy about my studes is that we can joke around casually. Phew!

James and Me
I like to call him Foot James cuz he called me to say he was washing his foot.

Silent Jack
An amicable fellow, but rather quiet and reserved. Come out of your shell!

Jackson and Me
This guy's got style. No seriously. Check it out. Those shoes! His scared look..

Mime Running and Gong Fu
For Christmas, he gave me a copy of the Declaration of Independence. Hmm....

Annie and Me
She came over one night to cook dinner for us. Here are all her tasty dishes.

V is for...Valedictorian
Cuz she is pretty smart. An A+ student in my book. And a good friend.

And Again!
The guys stole my camera a second time to take random pictures with. Here goes.

Jed, Cleaning the Toilet?
What he needed that bowl-turned-hard hat for is beyond me.

Pre-Bed Routine
If the guys are gonna take my camera, I'll show them and post the pics online.

Um, Whatcha Doin?
Beats me. They said they were mocking what they thought I would do. Ridiculous.

Smooth Move, Ex-Lax
I mean, I wish I could wield a broomstick like that.

An Intense Workout
Go, Jed, go. 1045, 1046, he's a push-up machine.

The Battle Begins...
Boys will be boys.

They Fought Valiantly
And died bravely. The point is, don't do crack.

Weapon of Choice
Wielding a chopstick as only Jed knows how.

Who Will Win?
The broomstick or the chopstick? Tough call.

Waging War from Chairs
The battles are so dramatic. I'm sitting at the edge of my seat.

Aren't They Cute?
The victorious Jedi warriors. Finished and bloodied from their fierce battle.

My Room!
We moved Erin's room and the livingroom stuff into my room to save on elecricity

Cramped Quarters
It's like college all over again! 2 beds, desks, comfy chairs, TV, and roommate.

Just Napping
The good thing about not having hw to do is you can take naps. And not do hw.

Mmm, Toasty Warm
Sitting in our chairs, watching TV and doing internet stuff. Ah, the life.

Playing Clue
In our free time, we have done this only one time. And thank goodness for that.

Lifting Weights
Yeah, that's right. I work out. 5 pounder, too. I'm a multi-tasking stud.

Sniper and Unsuspecting Victim
While Erni innocently watches a Chinese Soap Opera, I shoot her with my airgun.

Fashion.....SENSE???
She really has no clue what her shirt says. They just like English on clothes.

Ah, the Booty!
3 men looking at a street vendor cell-phone counter. Hee Hee.

Erin and Me
On the streets of Nanchang, taking some fun pics together.

The Madnes Never Ends


Best Friends Forever!


Too Cool for Drool


Waiting for the Bus
That kid really wanted his picture taken. Too bad he'll never get to see it.

Old Woman and her Shoe
Of course she's sitting on the curb with one shoe off.

Dentist's Office
Second Floor. And that's why I hope I never have to do anything medical here.

Xiao Peng You
(Shyao Pung Yo). That's how we say "little friend" in Chinese.

Passerby
Look at that little cutie in the bus window.

Hard Hats and Motorbikes
That's what they wear as helmets here. Cuz they can't afford real ones.

Cool Old Guy
Sitting in a sidestreet. They do that by the dozens here.

Me and The Dude
I got to join him in a picture upon his invitation. Memories to last a lifetime.

And Another Guy
He wanted his pic with me, too, once he saw me taking pics with the other one.

Side Street
What 70 percent of streets in Chinese cities looks like.

9-28!
I found my birthday on a pillar! Rock On!

Laundry hanging up to dry
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A beer ad in a restaurant....hot
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Shirtless man watching TV
When it gets warm, the Chinese males take off their shirts. Cuz they can.

Sarah and Me
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Eating noodles with Erin
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Umbrella keeping off the sun
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A guy and his pink shirt
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Washing laundry...by foot!
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Chinese couple
Another guy in a pink shirt and capris

When does the madness end?
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Annette and me
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Roses
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Fish in a bucket for dinner
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Neighbor's grandchildren
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Smiling Grandpa
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Mom with her precious twins
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Dinner time outside
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My room
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My room
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Friends teaching us to cook
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Teaching us to make "Jiao Zi"
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Yay everyone
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Dough for the jiao zi
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Filling the dough
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Bug-eyed
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Will offering a weak punch
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who knows
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Kobe and Julia
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Napping with Michelle
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Jed's cool apron
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Playing frisbee in our appt
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And twister in the livingroom
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Field Trip with Class 2!
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To the hills of Mei Ling
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Studes washing hands
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Pagoda over waterfall
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Crossing the bridge
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On the bridge with studes
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Men at work
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Working the aqua-crops
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Jason, Amy and Me
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I don't know what this says
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One big happy family
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Candice and me, V-ing
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Melissa
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Wendy
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Alex
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Naomi
Orphaned by her parents and brought up by her Grandmother.

Surfing on a wooden hand-cart
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Amy gave me wildflowers
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Why is she so sad today?
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Yay Field Trips!
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Candy, Kelly, and Haley
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doing...something....
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Jason and Scott
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In front of the rope bridge
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Yep...kinda wacky
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Haley and Vicki
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Nancy and Kitty
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Sophie and Sarah
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The gang
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Big smiles
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Chinese teacher on the swing
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Aren't they cute?
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Emmy and Me
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The hill we're gonna climb
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Crossing on the rope bridge
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And some random tall guy
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Scenery from the bridge
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Complete with water buffalo
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More scenery
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Hills
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Rocks
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On the other non-rope bridge
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Pagoda guarding bridge
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Bless you, my child
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Mossy rocks
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And bamboo trees
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Just being goofs
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Pondering giant squid
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Between the rocks
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Blah blah blah
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What to say?
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Some hills, I guess
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Diane and some statue
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Little girl collecting bottles
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Not the smily type
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Some stairs and trees...wow
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And more scenery of the hills
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And studes
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Under the shade of the rocks
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Welcome to this sunny day!
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Gosh, more hills
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Twigs supporting a boulder
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Looking up
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Light shining through the top
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Lily
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Proud Victors after our climb
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Alisha
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Jason, Alex, Steven
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Very tired and thirsty
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Pagoda
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View from the very top
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Erin and me
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Doing our thang
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Blossoms on the trees
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Flowers
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More sticks under a rock
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No reason
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Bamboo trees
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Leaning on a blooming tree
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Country architecture
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Tree and vines
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Countryside
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Water buffalo on a leash
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Down with conglomerations
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On the bridge going home
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Yay sunglasses weather
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Houses and stuff
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More stuff
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Taking bamboo rafts on the lake
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To go start a water fight
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Shore line
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Little kid wading for trash
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Boys in the water
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Hello, little friend!
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Collecting bottles for money
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Just adorable!
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Carrying gf's purse...so manly
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Alex wearing my glasses
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On the rope bridge
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Wind in our hair
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Water mill
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Water buffalo
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Grazing happily in the murkiness
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Disco in a stone gate
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Humph
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Path home
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Old-skool power source
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End of the field trip
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Jessie, Catherine, and Helen
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Stella in my hat and glasses
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What a glamour shot
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And Jane in my headband
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Drinking tea in our living room
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Always normal...so boring
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See Jed in the mirror?
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Putting our best faces forward
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Ray and my glasses
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Jed and my glasses
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Pretty pink flowers and ponies
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And again
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Jed and his unibrow/mustache
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Becky lookin kinda Texas
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Ray lookin kinda Mexican
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I think the staches suit us well
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Flooding, and a sewage truck
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Monsoon season flooding
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Food on display in a restaurant
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You point at it, they cook it
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Class 2 cuties
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What we call "fashion girls"
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Preparing for Easter dinner
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Making mashed potatoes!
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With a bottle end
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Easter dinner at our place
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Bethany and Becky
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Coloring Easter eggs
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Billy, our phone booth
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I made it myself, thank you
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From Yahoo! to Oohya
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Some ad for some movie
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